You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial Podcast. Welcome to Season 3 Women on the Air: Episode 3 Joyce Jackson.

This is Rebecca from University Archives. In a previous episode, we introduced you to the Minnesota School of the Air series People Worth Hearing About, which originated on KUOM radio in 1969 with programs that featured biographies of prominent African Americans. The series later expanded to include persons who according to School of the Air director Betty Girling, “have – for the most part – been overlooked in the writings of our history, because they were non-white, or non-male…” The series began with profiles of historical figures told in the form of dramatization, where a voice actor played the figure and depicted a scene from their life, punctuated with musical transitions and sound effects. In subsequent seasons, School of the Air staff produced recorded interviews with living persons. This brings us to the featured historic broadcast for this episode, the November 21, 1973 program of People Worth Hearing About, an interview with Dr. Joyce Jackson, Principal of Central High School in Minneapolis.

In a July 1973 letter addressed to Jackson, Assistant Producer Walter Brody described the inspiration for this program:

“Dear Ms. Jackson,

This is the sixth school year that the Minnesota School of the Air has scheduled vignette biographies of outstanding minority Americans, on a daily basis, for in-school listening…

… Wherever possible, after the first year we stressed only historic personalities, we have tried to interlace historic figures with people living today, and with local people, in order that our listeners in Grades 4-5-6 learn that Minnesotans, too, have made, and are making, contributions of great value in their areas of specialization.

With “living” personalities, we usually try to arrange for a “live” interview, since the voice of the American so cited adds a level of understanding and appreciation for these Intermediate Gradesters, in addition to the timeliness and authenticity of whatever she or he may choose to say. We try to pick people each year who will give us as broad a range as possible, in occupations, age, experience, etc.

Your new position as principal of Minneapolis Central High School is one we feel to be of interest to the children at this level and will give them an opportunity to gain greater understanding of the role of a school principal. We hope you will accept our request to participate in an interview for this series...

… At the moment we are collecting data and preparing the Teachers’ Manual... We would appreciate it if you could send us a resume... From this we will construct… copy which will give the teachers using the series some idea in advance of the broadcast of your present responsibilities and past accomplishments...”[1]

The copy printed in the 1973-74 Teacher’s Handbook appeared in part, as follows:

]]>Mark Engebretson1clean15:15The Roseau Stonehttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2020/02/the-roseau-stone/
Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:22:35 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/?p=31155The Roseau Stone is a small, smooth, one-and-a-half-inch oblong sedimentary stone. The stone was found in an area near the present-day town of Roseau, Minnesota, in 1916 or 1918. There are many theories about the origin of the stone. For the past 50 years, it was part of the collections at the University of Minnesota Archives.U Libraries receives $44,000 for radio digitizationhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2019/10/u-libraries-receives-44000-for-radio-digitization/
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:36:11 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/?p=29541The University of Minnesota Libraries has received $44,000 for its digitization project: "University Radio at Risk: Digital Preservation Reformatting of Educational Radio." The grant is from the Council on Library and Information Resourc and will be used to preserve about 2,500 aging reel-to-reel audio recordings.Happy 10 years, TCF Bank Stadium!https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2019/09/happy-10-years-tcf-bank-stadium/
Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:53:13 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/?p=28966Celebrating 10 years of TCF Bank Stadium with a look back at the University's Memorial Stadium.Welcome Weekhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2019/08/welcome-week/
Mon, 26 Aug 2019 19:18:22 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/?p=28533Freshman Week began at the University of Minnesota in 1926. As a way to welcome everyone to campus for the start of the academic year, University Archives would like to share glimpses of Freshman Week and Welcome Week from our collections.Women on the Air: Geraldine Ferraro visits Minnesotahttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2019/03/geraldine-ferraro/
Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:41:31 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=26777Four months after the 1984 presidential election, Geraldine Ferraro visited Minnesota where she was greeted by a large and receptive audience as the guest speaker for the Distinguished Carlson Lecture Series, sponsored by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Interest was so great that after full capacity was reached in Northrop Auditorium, accommodations were made for a screening at Williams Arena on campus. The speech was also broadcast live on KUOM radio stations throughout the Twin Cities.Four months after the 1984 presidential election, Geraldine Ferraro visited Minnesota where she was greeted by a large and receptive audience as the guest speaker for the Distinguished Carlson Lecture Series, sponsored by the Hubert H.Minnesota Daily headline, "Ferraro speaks at U to stress importance of women's issues," March 15, 1985.
Season 3: Episode 3. Women on the Air: Geraldine Ferraro visits Minnesota

You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial Podcast. Welcome to Season 3: Episode 3. Hello, this is Rebecca from University Archives. After a brief hiatus, we are back in 2019 to share more historic broadcasts from the University of Minnesota radio station KUOM. For this episode, we will continue our Season 3 theme of “Women on the Air” with the subject of women in politics. As of the date of this recording, 14 people have publicly announced their candidacies to seek the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election. Among the prospects, so far, are a record number of women - six in total - to include an author, a current member of the House of Representatives, and four sitting U.S. Senators.

In U.S. history, only one woman has ever been nominated as a major party candidate for president - Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee in 2016. Two other women in our country’s history were nominated as vice presidential candidates: Sarah Palin in 2008, and Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. Ultimately, none of these women were elected.

Though many months of campaigning remain before Democrats make their nominations official at the July 2020 party convention, candidates are already dining in Iowa, shaking hands in New Hampshire, and articulating their visions for the future of the country. Before we speculate about the possibility of another woman securing a major party nomination for president, vice president - or both - in 2020, let’s look back and listen to “the first.”

On July 12, 1984, at the Minnesota State Capitol, Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale - Minnesota’s former U.S. Senator, and U.S. Vice President in the Carter administration - made a major announcement. Mondale revealed that he would recommend Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate and candidate for the vice presidential nomination. At the Democratic National Convention held in San Francisco the following week, Mondale and Ferraro secured the party votes, and Ferraro became the first woman ever to be nominated to a major party presidential ticket.

Breaking ground in politics, however, does not ensure a path to victory. I won’t go into it here, but listeners can review on their own the factors that lead to voters eventually selecting the incumbent Republican candidates over the Democratic challengers on election day. On November 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush prevailed in a landslide victory. In the Electoral College, in addition to the District of Columbia, Mondale and Ferraro were victorious in only one state - Minnesota.

Four months after the election, on March 14, 1985, Geraldine Ferraro visited Minnesota where she was greeted by a large and receptive audience as the guest speaker for the Distinguished Carlson Lecture Series, sponsored by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Interest was so great that after full capacity was reached in Northrop Auditorium, accommodations were made for a screening at Williams Arena across campus. The speech was also broadcast live on radio stations throughout the Twin Cities, to include University of Minnesota station KUOM.

136:27The Power of the Punch Card (and the Punch Card Operator)https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/11/power-of-the-punch-card/
Thu, 29 Nov 2018 03:25:15 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=25623Machines and people have been working together for decades, perhaps more than you had thought, to keep University information technology systems running. The people operating punch card and tabulating machines, the majority of whom were women, most likely did not see their role as one of managing information technology.Women on the Air: People Worth Hearing Abouthttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/11/people-worth-hearing-about/
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 18:36:03 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=25294The program series People Worth Hearing About originated with The Minnesota School of the Air director, Betty Girling. The series first aired in 1969. In this episode, a feature on Maria Sanford is highlighted along with the behind-the-scenes decisions on how to produce the script.The program series People Worth Hearing About originated with The Minnesota School of the Air director, Betty Girling. The series first aired in 1969. In this episode, a feature on Maria Sanford is highlighted along with the behind-the-scenes decisions...
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Maria Sanford, undated.

Season 3: Episode 2. Women on the Air: People Worth Hearing About

You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 3: Episode 2.

Hello, this is Rebecca here to share another historic broadcast from the archives in continuation of the Season 3 theme, “Women on the Air.” On this episode, I’ll introduce the KUOM program series, People Worth Hearing About, which aired on The Minnesota School of the Air from 1969-1979. The series, written and produced for school children in grades 4 through 6, was intended to promote cultural understanding. We’ll listen to a broadcast from the 1970s that features a notable woman in Minnesota history, and I’ll also share some correspondence from School of the Air director Betty Girling and scriptwriter Michele Cairns that provides insight into the production of educational radio programs.

Minnesota School of the Air teacher guide for the program "People Worth Hearing About" for the 1968-1969 season.

The idea for the program series People Worth Hearing About originated with The Minnesota School of the Air director, Betty Girling. The series, which first aired from April 7 to May 23, 1969, featured daily ten-minute vignettes on 35 African Americans, selected in consultation with Maurice W. Britts, Coordinator for Human Relations at Minneapolis Public Schools. In subsequent years, profiles and interviews with American Indians, Asian Americans, Chicanos, Eskimos, Hawaiians, and women were added to the series.

In a guide produced for teachers as a supplement to the programs, Girling outlined the purpose of the series:
“... we try to introduce students and teachers to outstanding Americans, who are rarely if ever mentioned in usual textbooks. These Americans… have - for the most part - been overlooked in the writings of our history, because they were non-white, or non-male… People Worth Hearing About attempts to bring the names, personalities, problems, and accomplishments… of these outstanding “overlooked” Americans, living and dead, into thousands of classrooms via radio and tape.”

Minnesota School of the Air teacher guide for the program "People Worth Hearing About" for the 1971-1972 season.

In the 1971-1972 season, a unit devoted specifically to women was included for the first time. Eight women were selected as subjects for the episodes. Examples include Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, women’s rights advocate Susan B. Anthony, and Maria Sanford, the first female professor at the University of Minnesota.

Girling introduced the section on women in the teachers’ guide:
“Dear Teacher,
In America, women’s struggle for equality of citizenship, the right of self-determination, the right to vote, own property, and receive equal pay for equal work, has a history over one hundred years long. And it still continues.
Few American school children ever have the opportunity to learn of the tremendous contributions women have made to our Nation, because these contributions are either omitted entirely in our textbooks, or treated in an abbreviated fashion, minimized out of proportion to their true value.
While inequalities are slowly being corrected in texts and school materials,]]>Mark Engebretson121:47The fires of October 12, 1918https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/10/the-fires-of-october-12-1918/
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:13:40 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24919On the afternoon of October 12, 1918 in northeastern Minnesota, several forest fires killed over 450 people and decimated 2,000 square miles of forests, homesteads, and townships. The University of Minnesota Forest Experiment Station, known today as the Cloquet Forestry Center, survived the fire. The Center’s archival collection contains photographs that document the aftermath of the fires in the region.Women on the Air: Eugenie Andersonhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/10/women-on-the-air-eugenie-anderson/
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 02:22:27 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24753This episode features a woman who achieved many notable firsts, a political leader who used her voice to better her community, implement and sustain diplomacy, and develop her own potentiality: Eugenie Anderson, the first woman to be named a United States Ambassador. A profile of Eugenie’s personal and professional life was featured on KUOM on “Minnesota Honor Roll,” a program of The Minnesota School of the Air - a series of educational radio programs designed for school-age children to listen to in the classroom.This episode features a woman who achieved many notable firsts, a political leader who used her voice to better her community, implement and sustain diplomacy, and develop her own potentiality: Eugenie Anderson,
You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial!

You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 3: Episode 1.

Hello again, this is Rebecca Toov, Collections Archivist at the University of Minnesota Archives. This season, the podcast will follow the theme of the long-standing Libraries program, First Fridays. Every First Friday of the month from October to May at 12:00 p.m. staff from Archives and Special Collections present archival materials from the collections at Elmer L. Andersen Library.

The program theme for this year is: We Are Here: Women in the Archives. The description states, “With women comprising half the population, their accomplishments and voices are found throughout the archives. Yet do their stories regularly rise to the top? The 2018-2019 First Fridays season will focus on female-identifying stories – the firsts, the unsung, the leaders, the marginalized, those who found their way to a place at the table and those who may never have managed to get there.”

For the 3rd season of U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial Podcast, we will present to you “Women on the Air,” a supplement to the First Fridays program. Episodes will feature radio dramatizations and interviews with and about women in University and Minnesota history. We will also share broadcasts on such topics as equal rights and continuing education for women. The voices of the female performers, producers, and program directors at University radio station KUOM will also be heard.

Our first episode features a woman who achieved many notable firsts, a political leader who used her voice to better her community, implement and sustain diplomacy, and develop her own potentiality: Eugenie Anderson, the first woman to be named a United States Ambassador.

A profile of Eugenie’s personal and professional life was featured on KUOM on “Minnesota Honor Roll,” a program of The Minnesota School of the Air - a series of educational radio programs designed for school-age children to listen to in the classroom. Eugenie’s profile originally aired on February 24, 1978. Let’s listen...
Broadcast Transcript
[Band music]
Introduction: Sinclair Lewis, author, Charles Lindbergh, aviator, The Mayo Brothers, physicians, Lew Ayres, actor, Eugenie Anderson, United States ambassador... [voice fades, music plays up]
Announcer: Minnesota Honor Roll: stories from the lives of Minnesota’s outstanding men and women. Here is our story for today about United States ambassador, Mrs. Eugenie Anderson.
[Orchestral music]

KUOM's Minnesota School of the Air "Minnesota Honor Roll" transcript page for radio program on Eugenie Anderson.
Narrator: Among the very high officials of the United States government, there are some who do their work not in Washington D.C., but in the capital cities of other nations. These officials are called ambassadors. Ambassadors have the job of representing the United States in the country to which they are assigned. The ambassadors go to live in the other country, and, in short,]]>Erik Moore123:52Portraits of the Pasthttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/09/portraits-of-the-past/
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:25:25 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24723A preview of Calling to Question: 150 of Liberal Education at the University of Minnesota (opening March 4, 2019) is currently on display in the Katherine E. Nash Gallery. This preview is composed of two display cases within On Purpose: Portrait of the Liberal Arts. The preview compliments the style of the portrait exhibit by showcasing retrospective portraits of the College of Liberal Arts alongside the personal accounts of the people involved in these historical snapshots.Wilson Library – a valued facilityhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/09/wilson-library-a-valued-facility/
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:12:13 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24638Plans for a library on the West Bank campus had been discussed and debated for years, but financial and other support for a new library finally came together in June 1965. O. Meredith Wilson Library opened to the campus community on September 23, 1968.The West Bank riseshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/09/the-west-bank-rises/
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:42:29 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24560The West Bank we know today on the Twin Cities campus looked quite different five decades ago. Why, in the 1960s, did the University expand (or to use the preferred term at the time – stretch) to the West Bank of the Mississippi River? To answer that question, the story begins in the 1940s.Northrop Field rediscoveredhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/09/northrop-field-rediscovered/
Thu, 06 Sep 2018 17:42:55 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24339Long before TCF Bank Stadium became home to Golden Gopher football, there was Northrop Field — the first on-campus outdoor athletic facility at the University of Minnesota. The November 4, 1899 dedication event included a faculty procession, brief speeches by Minneapolis Mayor James Gray and University President Cyrus Northrop, and a football game pitting Minnesota against Northwestern University (final score: Northwestern 11 and Minnesota 5). Northrop Field remained home to Gopher football until 1924, when Memorial Stadium opened.University high schoolhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/08/university-high-school/
Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:30:54 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24164University High School was established at the University of Minnesota by the Board of Regents in 1908. This year is the 50th reunion of the final graduating class of the University of Minnesota's University High School.Ideas of the weekhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/08/ideas-of-the-week/
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:18:38 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=24050Materials documenting a department’s, college’s, or center’s history can be found in a variety of University Archives collections, so casting a wide research net can yield interesting and usually fruitful results. Learn more about the history of the University's laboratory schools. The modern Bell Museumhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/07/the-modern-bell-museum/
Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:25:35 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=23636The modern Bell Museum will play an indispensable part in the formal education and the enlightenment of the people of Minnesota and beyond. My first introduction to this museum was as a student. Fortuitously, the Bell continued my museum studies as an archivist. I’m excited to further my education as a member and visitor for many more years to come.Gone into history online exhibithttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/07/gone-into-history-online-exhibit/
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:24:33 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=232802018 marks the 90th anniversary of the University of Minnesota Archives, giving us a prime opportunity to highlight what we have and what we do. Please explore the online exhibit by diving into an entire section examining the role of academic freedom and tenure at the University or the University’s response to the massive influx of students following World War II. Or spend some time with a panel or two.A cover-up at the Methttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/05/a-cover-up-at-the-met/
Fri, 11 May 2018 14:47:02 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=20882From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. This episode takes listeners to Metropolitan Stadium to learn how to stay dry on a rainy day. From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. This episode takes listeners to Metropolitan Stadium to learn how to stay dry o...
You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial!

From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. During the 1977-1978 season, School of the Air produced a series of radio “field trips” called Look What We Found, a program that introduced students to people and places in Minnesota. Join us this season as we revisit these radio field trips. Today’s episode takes listeners to Metropolitan Stadium to learn how to stay dry on a rainy day.
Season 2: Episode 6. A Cover-up at the Met.

Audio reel box for "Look What We Found... A Cover-up at the Met," April 13, 1978.

You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 2: Episode 5.

Hi, this is Rebecca from University Archives. The title for the April 13, 1978 broadcast of Look What We Found is “A Cover-up at the Met.” Met is a nickname for Metropolitan Stadium, the former home to Minnesota’s professional sports teams. The stadium opened in 1956 and was demolished in 1985. It’s where Harmon Killebrew hit home runs for the Twins, and where Fran Tarkenton threw touchdown passes for the Vikings. The Kicks, a professional soccer team, also played in the stadium from 1976-1981.

The introduction to this program in the Teacher’s Guide states, “When a Carew homer whizzes across the diamond at Met Stadium and into the stands, not many fans are thinking about why the field looks such a brilliant green under the lights. Likewise, when some fancy footwork by the Vikings or the Kicks throws up patches of sod, who puts the field back together? One thing fans probably have noticed is the enormous protective tarp that covers the field when it rains. Those are the groundskeepers who pull that out.”

Text from the "Look What We Found" teacher's manual for the April 13, 1978 episode "A Cover-up at the Met."

On today’s historic broadcast of Look What We Found, you’ll hear from Dick Erickson, the stadium supervisor at the Met. He described the difficulties of rearranging the field to accommodate three different professional sports.

After the broadcast questions from the "Look What We Found" teacher's manual for the April 13, 1978 episode "A Cover-up at the Met."

Metropolitan Stadium was built before Minnesota had any professional sports teams. In the 1950s, a Metropolitan Sports Area Commission was created to oversee the construction and operation of a stadium with the potential to accommodate professional teams. A local fundraising campaign was initiated to secure the funds. Farmland was purchased in the city of Bloomington, south of Minneapolis, as the site for the stadium.

On opening day, April 24, 1956, it was the Minneapolis Millers minor league baseball team that took to the field. However, Minnesotans only had to wait a few more years for professional teams to come. The Vikings played their opening game on September 17, 1961 and pulled off a victory against the Chicago Bears 37-13. The Twins lost their home opener on April 21, 1961 5-3.

Within a year after this program aired on KUOM, construction began on a new indoor domed stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The Kicks, Vikings, and Twins all played final games at Metropolitan Stadium in 1981.

The stadium was demolished in 1985 and the site was replaced by the Mall of Ameri...]]>Mark Engebretson113:09Meeting Professor Cohenhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/04/meeting-professor-cohen/
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:48:52 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=20870While working with the University Archives collections to research a recent exhibit, I learned about Professor Lillian Cohen, the University of Minnesota's first female faculty member in the Department of Chemistry.At the Zoohttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/03/at-the-zoo/
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:46:11 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=20646On this episode of U of M Radio on your Historic Dial take a field trip in sound to the Como Zoo in 1978 and hear a surprising story of an animal theft and why lions do not make good pets.On this episode of U of M Radio on your Historic Dial take a field trip in sound to the Como Zoo in 1978 and hear a surprising story of an animal theft and why lions do not make good pets.
You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial!

From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. During the 1977-1978 season, School of the Air produced a series of radio “field trips” called Look What We Found, a program that introduced students to people and places in Minnesota. Join us this season as we revisit these radio field trips. Today’s episode takes listeners to the zoo, and ends with an important lesson.
Season 2: Episode 5. At the Zoo.

You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 2: Episode 5.

Hi, this is Rebecca from University Archives. Today’s featured broadcast of the program Look What We Found is titled, “At the Zoo.” It is an interview with a zookeeper from Como Zoo in St. Paul who introduced listeners to some new animals. Normally on this podcast, I give a short introduction and then we listen to the historic broadcast. Due to something that happened after this program originally aired on March 30, 1978, we should meet the animals and hear from the zookeeper first. I’ll come back at the end to conclude the program.

Audio reel box for "Look What We Found... At the Zoo," March 30, 1978. Minnesota School of the Air.

Announcer: Come on you’ve been sitting there far too long. Join the Minnesota School of the Air as we take a field trip in sound to someplace you’ve probably never been, somewhere in and around the Twin Cities. And here to go with you are your hosts Walter, Patty, and Bill.

[Animal sounds]

Walter: Ok Patty, what’s that?

Patty: It’s guessing game time.

Bill: Well it’s definitely something alive.

Patty: That’s right Bill.

Walter: Sounds like a baby of some kind.

Patty: You’re right too Walter. It’s the voice of St. Paul’s youngest celebrity. He’s a lion cub that was born at Como Park Zoo last week.

Bill: Well, tell us some more.

Patty: Why don’t we listen instead to someone who really knows what she’s talking about. Joanne is a zookeeper at the zoo. We talked about it and she told me that spring is her favorite time at the zoo and it’s because spring is the time for baby animals.

[Animal sounds]

Joanne: Pretty big ostrich… [Laugh]

Patty: What are the best parts of the job?

Joanne: The best parts… um, well some of the easiest… like right now in the springtime it’s, uh, duckling season, and baby cat season, and baby chicken and baby rabbit season. It’s time for babies, and that’s really my favorite time of the year because everything is kind of opening up and springtime in Minnesota is beautiful anyway and then when the animals are kind of adding to it it’s really nice and sometimes you get to bottle feed the babies and take care of our little zoo animals, so it’s really interesting.

Patty: Wasn’t there a new arrival here? A couple days ago?

Joanne: Yes, we had the birth of one lion cub which was male and he was born Friday. We’re not too sure. He wasn’t here Thursday night but he was here Friday morning. So he was born Friday during the early hours of the morning. Um, Saturday throughout the day we had 3 tiger cubs born, and… Alexandra’s good at this… she usually picks a busy Saturday or Sunday always, and she usually starts about 9 in the morning and then she finished by a...]]>Mark Engebretson113:50An act to re-organizehttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/02/an-act-to-reorganize/
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:40:32 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=20283The 1868 Act to Re-Organize the University established the University's mission, an academic framework, and the governance and duties of University leadership. In many ways, these events of 150 years ago are the beginnings of the University of Minnesota we know today.Happy 90 years, Williams Arena!https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/02/happy-90-years-williams-arena/
Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:53:24 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=20112From its dedication as the Field House in 1928 to its remodeling and re-naming as Williams Arena in 1950 to today, "The Barn" has held a special place on campus.Gone into history: 90 years of the University Archiveshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/01/gone-into-history-90-years/
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:35:29 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=19569On New Year's Eve 1927, former University President William Watts Folwell wrote to then President Lotus Coffman with a request.
I beg leave to suggest for your consideration the establishment of University archives.
I have lately had occasion to turn over early minutes of the Board of Regents, and have noted mention of reports and other documents "placed on file" but have not discovered any office or place of filing. Some of them may have been utterly lost.
I do not need to impress on you the importance of collecting documents which have gone into history and all publications in all branches of the University… and of cataloguing and arranging them so that they may be found.
The following week, the Board of Regents considered his request and authorized the "establishment of the archives of the University in the General Library" at their January 6, 1928 meeting.
But, what is a university archives?
The University of Minnesota Archives is not only an institutional repository for the minutes, reports, and other records of enduring value that President Folwell longed to secure. University Archives collects and provides documentary evidence from a variety of sources of the functions of the University.
These functions include delivering instruction, granting degrees, providing facilities for scholarship and for residence, fostering student support services and activities, conducting research, disseminating new knowledge and information, implementing university governance, negotiating labor relations, budgeting finances, and supporting communities beyond its institutional boundaries. The information informs others regarding their own work, be they an undergraduate or graduate student, genealogist, public researcher, University administrator, or international scholar.
Our current exhibit in Elmer L. Andersen Library provides a look back at the past 90 years of the University of Minnesota Archives through its Regent's mandate to collect, preserve, and provide broad access to the "historically valuable documentation of University units and individuals, including faculty, staff, and administrators." It does this in two ways. First, the exhibit traces the origins of the University Archives collections and underscores the challenges faced and successes celebrated over the past nine decades.
The exhibit then turns its focus toward the archival materials that detail the functions of the University. In these panels, administrative records, student reporting, University publications, personal correspondence, maps, and photographs document the articulation of academic freedom and the codification of faculty tenure, the University response to a nearly insurmountable influx of students after World War II, and the growing pains of extending academic programs and facilities to a West Bank campus.
The exhibit illustrates that the people and events that are a part of the University of Minnesota may have gone into history, but they are not lost.
President Folwell's letter to then President Coffman requesting the establishment of a university archives, December 31, 1927.
Letter from Chemistry faculty Lillian Cohen as to why she does not have anything to send to the University Archives upon her retirement in 1946. Cohen notes her papers were recycled as part of the war effort and her collection of photographs lent out and never returned.
James Gray, History department faculty member and author of the 1951 centennial history of the University of Minnesota outside the archives room in Walter Library, 1949.
Maxine Clapp, university archivist, undated.
University archivist Maxine Clapp describing the problem of competitive collecting with other institutions in 1975. Regents Professor Walter Heller served Presidents Kennedy and Johnson as Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. In 1986, he did donate to University Archives a sizable collection of his University teaching,A Clinic That’s For the Birdshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/12/clinic-thats-birds/
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:46:24 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=18499On this installment of "U of M Radio on your Historic Dial," we’ll travel to the St. Paul campus to "A Clinic That’s for the Birds" – which also happens to be the title of the December 8, 1977 episode of Look What We Found. If you haven’t yet deciphered the title of the broadcast, we are going on an audio tour of the Raptor Center. The Raptor Center is a research and rehabilitation center for birds of prey which today cares for approximately 800 ill and injured raptors each year.On this installment of "U of M Radio on your Historic Dial," we’ll travel to the St. Paul campus to "A Clinic That’s for the Birds" – which also happens to be the title of the December 8, 1977 episode of Look What We Found.
You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial!

From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. During the 1977-1978 season, School of the Air produced a series of radio “field trips” called Look What We Found, a program that introduced students to people and places in Minnesota. Join us this season as we revisit these radio field trips. Today’s episode takes listeners to a clinic that's for the birds...
Season 2: Episode 4. A Clinic That’s for the Birds

You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 2: Episode 4.

Hi, this is Rebecca from University Archives. Are you ready to take another field trip in sound on Look What We Found? Today we’ll travel to the St. Paul campus to "A Clinic That’s for the Birds" – which also happens to be the title of the December 8, 1977 episode of Look What We Found. If you haven’t yet deciphered the title of the broadcast, we are going on an audio tour of the Raptor Center. The Raptor Center is a research and rehabilitation center for birds of prey which today cares for approximately 800 ill and injured raptors each year.

"A clinic that's for the birds" audio reel and playback note.

When the program “A Clinic That’s for the Birds,” aired in 1977, the Raptor Research and Rehabilitation Program – as it was then known – was a relatively new program in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The program was initiated with the research of Dr. Gary Duke in the early 1970s. According to a published history of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Duke’s area of study centered on the digestive systems of raptors. He asked the Department of Natural Resources if they had any injured owls that he could examine, and the DNR brought 30 owls to him. Duke cared for their illnesses and injuries and developed methods to treat the birds with the hope of releasing them back into the wild. From 1972-1974 Duke and other veterinary students cared for 280 birds, 120 of which they were able to return to the outdoors. After veterinary student Pat Redig graduated in 1974, the Mardag Foundation and the College of Veterinary Medicine offered funds to hire Redig to continue the raptor program. You will hear Redig in the broadcast as he gives a program producer and friends a tour of the raptor program facilities.

The Raptor Research and Rehabilitation Program was housed in a building known as Temporary East of Haecker where Duke and Redig modified rooms to accommodate injured raptors. Other grants, including an annual grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, supported their work and allowed them to start caring for the endangered peregrine falcon and bald eagle.

Temporary East of Haecker and Veterinary Clinic, St. Paul Campus, 1954.

In 1988, with a donation from Don and Louise Gabbert, the Gabbert Raptor Center was built on the St. Paul campus and the rehabilitation program was renamed The Raptor Center.

So what did the Minnesota School of the Air intend to teach young students on this field trip broadcast? The teacher’s manual that was disseminated to educators offered clear suggestions for before and after broadcast discussions. Answer the questions “What is a bird of prey? What is an endangered species?]]>Mark Engebretson114:09Another Way to Go From Minneapolis to St. Paulhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/11/another-way-go-minneapolis-st-paul/
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:43:49 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=17920Today’s field trip in sound on the program "Look What We Found" is more of a staycation. On the November 17, 1977 episode, program announcers Walter, Patty, and Bill, gave a tour of the KUOM radio studios and interviewed the staff at the station. Today’s field trip in sound on the program "Look What We Found" is more of a staycation. On the November 17, 1977 episode, program announcers Walter, Patty, and Bill, gave a tour of the KUOM radio studios and interviewed the staff at the station.
You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial!

From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. During the 1977-1978 season, School of the Air produced a series of radio “field trips” called Look What We Found, a program that introduced students to people and places in Minnesota. Join us this season as we revisit these radio field trips. Today’s episode takes listeners another way to go from Minneapolis to St. Paul!
Season 2: Episode 3. Another Way to Go From Minneapolis to St. Paul

You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 2: Episode 3.

Hi, this is Rebecca from University Archives. Today’s field trip in sound on the program "Look What We Found" is more of a staycation. On the November 17, 1977 episode, program announcers Walter, Patty, and Bill, gave a tour of the KUOM radio studios and interviewed the staff at the station. The title of the program, “Another Way to Go From Minneapolis to St. Paul,” notes that the radio station is in more than one place: the studio, in Rarig Center on the West Bank campus in Minneapolis, and the transmitter located on the St. Paul campus.

Teacher’s manual description of the program

Before we listen to a guided tour of KUOM studios in Rarig Center in 1977, let’s look back at some other places on campus where KUOM was once located. As early as 1912, Electrical Engineering professor Franklin Springer began experimenting with wireless telegraphy, and by 1914 the department was offering coursework in radio transmission and operation. When Cyril M. Jansky, Jr. joined the department in 1920, he applied for an experimental license and began limited broadcasting under the call letters 9XI. On January 13, 1922, the department received a non-commercial radio broadcast license and was assigned the call letters WLB. After a new Electrical Engineering Building was built on campus in 1925, the department outfitted the building with a radio studio where broadcasting continued in the spring of 1926.

Radio studio in the new Electrical Engineering Building, 1926

Radio equipment in the new Electrical Engineering Building, 1926

The April 17, 1926 edition of the Minnesota Alumni Weekly featured a description of the studio in the article, “U Has Complete Radio Plant.” The article stated that “The station has been under construction for some time, and consists of one room on the third floor of the Engineering building, fully equipped with a transmitter, microphone, and acoustical material. The walls are deadened and hung with heavy curtains. Wicker furniture and a grand piano are placed at the convenience of entertainers.”

In 1938, the University purchased a new transmitter that was erected on the St. Paul campus. A new home for the radio studio was made in Eddy Hall in 1939.

Radio station WLB transmitter, 1939

The University publication Minnesota Chats featured an article about the studio in Eddy on May 2, 1939 titled, “University Radio Station Busy in New Home.” The article stated, “The layout contains four studios for broadcasting, two of them large enough to accommodate casts of considerable size in dramatic or musical numbers, a main control room, a smaller control room adjoining the largest studio, ample office space, and air conditioning equipment made necessary by the fa...]]>Mark Engebretson114:1650th anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Acthttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/11/public-broadcasting-act/
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 20:31:41 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=17770Fifty years ago, on November 7, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Public Broadcasting Act which created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the act, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is encouraging organizations to share archival materials related to the history and preservation of public broadcasting. University of Minnesota Archives is happy to join them.Student publications over the yearshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/11/student-publications/
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:35:05 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=17660Students at the University have been writing — and publishing — opinions and short stories and literary criticism and jokes and poems and news stories since 1877. That's when the first student newspaper Ariel began publication. Its successor, the Minnesota Daily, has been in continuous publication since May 1, 1900.In A Vietnamese Kitchenhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/10/vietnamese-kitchen/
Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:44:40 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=17634In this week’s episode of Look What We Found, titled “In A Vietnamese Kitchen,” the producers teach an important lesson about cultural understanding by starting a conversation about cuisine. While interviewing the owner of Bamboo Village, Patty asked, “What made you decide to open a restaurant?” She replied, “I like a place where we can exchange the culture between the Vietnamese and the American and have something more to show, you know? We have a chance to interact with the American, to meet them on a day-to-day basis.” Episode 2, Season 2 of "U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial."In this week’s episode of Look What We Found, titled “In A Vietnamese Kitchen,” the producers teach an important lesson about cultural understanding by starting a conversation about cuisine. While interviewing the owner of Bamboo Village, Patty asked,
You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial!

From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. During the 1977-1978 season, School of the Air produced a series of radio “field trips” called Look What We Found, a program that introduced students to people and places in Minnesota. Join us this season as we revisit these radio field trips. Today’s episode takes listeners to a Vietnamese kitchen...
Season 2: Episode 2. Look What We Found! In a Vietnamese Kitchen

You are listening to U of M on your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 2: Episode 2.

Hi, this is Rebecca from University Archives. Today we return to looking back and listening to Look What We Found, a program of the Minnesota School of the Air that aired on University radio station KUOM from 1977-1978. Forty years ago, on October 27, 1977, KUOM took a field trip in sound to Bamboo Village, a Vietnamese restaurant in St. Paul.

Audio reel-to-reel tape for "Look What We Found: In a Vietnamese Kitchen." Available in the University of Minnesota Radio and Television Broadcasting records at the University of Minnesota Archives.

The teacher’s manual for the program suggested that before the broadcast the class should start a conversation about Asian cuisine. "Are any of the children familiar with it?" the description questioned. "Does anyone know the differences between Chinese and Japanese food? Discuss the war in Vietnam. What do your students know about it? Talk about the history of Vietnam, from the French colonial period to the Communist victory."

Teacher's Manual for "Look What We Found: In a Vietnamese Kitchen." Available in the University of Minnesota Radio and Television Broadcasting records at the University of Minnesota Archives.

The Communist victory refers to the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces in 1975. That event ended the Vietnam War and displaced millions of Southeast Asians. In response, the U.S. Congress passed the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act that authorized over 400 million dollars in federal assistance for the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees in the United States.

In Minnesota, Governor Wendell Anderson established the Indochinese Resettlement Office to coordinate refugee relocation to the state. A task force was also established to create collaborations among federal agencies, state resources, and local charities to provide aid to incoming refugees. An article in the Minneapolis Star published in November of 1977 estimated that Minnesota was then the new home to approximately 4,000 Southeast Asian refugees.

In this week’s episode of Look What We Found, titled "In A Vietnamese Kitchen," the producers teach an important lesson about cultural understanding by starting a conversation about cuisine. While interviewing the owner of Bamboo Village, Patty asked, "What made you decide to open a restaurant?" She replied, "I like a place where we can exchange the culture between the Vietnamese and the American and have something more to show, you know? We have a chance to interact with the American, to meet them on a day-to-day basis."

The After the Broadcast conversation suggestions in the teacher’s manual further reinforced her message. The manual stated, "Discuss how food from different cultures differs and why. Discuss the problems of refugees entering an unfamiliar culture. If there are any Vietnamese families in your community, invite them to visit your class."

]]>Mark Engebretson113:35Look What We Foundhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/09/look-what-we-found/
Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:55:02 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=17064This year for U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial we’re going on a field trip in sound and time to the 1977-1978 season of the Minnesota School of the Air to look at what we found after these recordings were digitized and we were finally able to listen.This year for U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial we’re going on a field trip in sound and time to the 1977-1978 season of the Minnesota School of the Air to look at what we found after these recordings were digitized and we were finally able to listen.
You are listening to U of M on your Historic Dial!

From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. During the 1977-1978 season, School of the Air produced a series of radio "field trips" called Look What We Found, a program that introduced students to people and places in Minnesota. Join us this season as we revisit these radio field trips. Today's episode takes listeners to the U.S. Weather Service branch at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport with hosts Walter Brody, Patty Goodwin, and Bill Golfus of KUOM radio.
Season 2: Episode 1: Look What We Found! The U.S. Weather Bureau

You are listening to U of M on your Historic Dial podcast. Welcome to Season 2: Episode 1: Look What We Found!

Hello, this is Rebecca, Collections Archivist at University Archives. This season on the podcast we are going on a radio field trip. Let me explain…

Forty years ago, in the fall of 1977, the producers, engineers, and announcers at University radio station KUOM were well into the start of the 1977-1978 season of the Minnesota School of the Air. From 1938-1979, the School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription.

This year we’re going on a field trip in sound and time to the 1977-1978 season of the Minnesota School of the Air to look at what we found after these recordings were digitized and we were finally able to listen.

Beginning on Friday, September 22, 1977, from 10:50 to 11:00 a.m. KUOM broadcasted the series Look What We Found, a program that introduced students to people and places in Minnesota.

A printed guide with program descriptions and suggestions for before and after broadcast discussions were provided to interested schoolteachers. In a letter printed at the beginning of the guide, Walter Brody, Assistant Director and Producer, described Look What We Found as a “radio field trip,” that took “listeners out of the classroom and to places they may have never been.”

Brody outlined 3 effects the program could have on students:

* “… we would hope that these short journeys by sound augment the dwindling number of field trips caused by dwindling budgets.”
* “… by stimulating your student’s imaginations, perhaps they will want to explore interesting people and places on their own.”
* “Perhaps young imaginations, sated with TV images, can practice imagining where they are, who they are… using their minds to see where sound takes them.”

So where did KUOM take students over the air that season? They toured local radio and television stations KUOM and WCCO, rode the Lake Harriet trolley, toured the grounds of Metropolitan Stadium, and visited the Como Zoo, to name a few.

Join University Archives during the 2017-2018 school year as we take occasional field trips in sound and time to the 1977-1978 season to listen to recordings of the original broadcasts of Look What We Found.

Today on the program you’ll hear the September 29, 1977 broadcast titled, “The U.S. Weather Bureau.”

Join hosts Walter Brody, Patty Goodwin, and Bill Golfus on a field trip in sound to the U.S. Weather Service branch at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. Patty asks,]]>Mark Engebretson113:35Welcome (back) to campus!https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/09/welcome-back-campus/
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:56:50 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=16793With the beginning of September, the start of the fall semester at the University of Minnesota brings the campus to life. This fall should be especially lively on the Twin Cities campus with the University welcoming its largest freshman class since 1970, celebrating the re-opening of the Tate Laboratory of Physics, and seeing the final stages of construction for the new Bell Museum of Natural History. In this post, we’re sharing a few of our historic campus photos and wishing everyone at the University of Minnesota a successful and engaging fall semester!Something fascinating in nature and the archiveshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/08/something-fascinating-in-the-archives/
Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:20:52 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=16765In the September/October (2017) issue of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, the young naturalists' article on "weird and wonderful" plants provides an array of fantastic images of lesser known native plant species. What follows are several images held in the University of Minnesota Archives that depict the "weird and wonderful" plants featured in this issue. Some of these photographs may be the oldest known images of these plants in Minnesota.Of Poets and Podcastshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/06/of-poets-and-podcasts/
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:48:29 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=14384This installment U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial features Margeret Hasse on the KUOM program Minnesota Issues in her role as Executive Director for the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education. The year was 1984 and plans were underway for the establishment of an arts high school in Minnesota. Governor Rudy Perpich had implemented a task force to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of the school. Can you guess what school this would become? That’s right, Minnesota was already laying the groundwork for the Perpich Center for Arts Education that operates today in Golden Valley. Not everyone was in favor of establishing a school that would centralize funding for arts education in the state. Margaret Hasse and the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education had concerns about the establishment of the school.This installment U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial features Margeret Hasse on the KUOM program Minnesota Issues in her role as Executive Director for the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education. The year was 1984 and plans were underway for the estab...
Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial!

In addition to our day to day work, there are always a number of fascinating projects underway in the University of Minnesota Libraries Archives and Special Collections. One of them, formally known as “Preservation of Minnesota’s Radio History,” is the Radio KUOM project that produces this podcast. In this program, we will hear about another project based in the University’s Upper Midwest Literary Archives, with a focus on the poet Margaret Hasse.

You can listen to the episode here in the browser and read the script below.

Episode 12: Of Poets and Podcasts
Hello! This is Hannah over in University Archives, and this U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial, Episode 12: Of Poets and Podcasts. You’ve likely noticed the outro that accompanies the end of each podcast episode, which states that funding for this project comes from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund administered by the Minnesota Historical Society. This grant has enabled numerous projects here at University Archives and within the University of Minnesota Libraries Archives and Special Collections, as well as at other Minnesota cultural institutions.

While there is always regular staff to carry out day to day operations related to the collection, maintenance, and promotion of our materials, grant funded projects allow us to focus on one collection or area in particular, singling it out for detailed processing and description, as well as unique promotional activities such as this podcast. The project featured in this episode focuses on Minnesota’s literary heritage, embodied in the personal collections of poets Robert Bly, Bill Holm, and Margaret Hasse, as well as the papers of Milkweed Editions. Now I’m going to pass the mic to the project manager, Carissa Hansen.

Hi, this is Carissa from the Upper Midwest Literary Archives. Thanks to Hannah for inviting me to join her for this podcast! Margaret Hasse is one of three Minnesota poets’ collections I am working with as part of a grant project titled “Prairie Poets and Press: Literary Lives of the Upper Midwest.”

Photograph of Margaret Hasse from the Milkweed Editions records in the Upper Midwest Literary Archives

Margaret Hasse was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1950, and has spent much of her adult life in Minneapolis. She’s well-known for being a poet, but Hasse is also a teacher, arts administrator, and arts consultant.

This installment of the KUOM program Minnesota Issues features Hasse in her role as Executive Director for the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education. The year was 1984 and plans were underway for the establishment of an arts high school in Minnesota. Governor Rudy Perpich had implemented a task force to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of the school.

Can you guess what school this would become? That’s right, Minnesota was already laying the groundwork for the Perpich Center for Arts Education that operates today in Golden Valley. Not everyone was in favor of establishing a school that would centralize funding for arts education in the state. Margaret Hasse and the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education had concerns about the establishment of the school.

There was a great need for more arts education of all kinds in schools across the state of Minnesota. The establishment of an arts high school was certainly an exciting proposition, and one that would represent a commitment to the arts and youth in the state, but the question of proper disbursement of funding remained. Should the state’s resources be focused on one school, or should they be spread out, encompassing more grade levels and areas of Minnesota?]]>Mark Engebretson111:12Eight Days in Mayhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/05/eight-days-may/
Tue, 23 May 2017 13:32:49 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=14229In this episode of U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial, you’re going to hear about an explosive week on the University of Minnesota campus, which occurred during an era of global tension, when the political felt intensely personal, especially to students and other young people. Forty-five years ago this month, anti-war protests in and around the University of Minnesota boiled over as angry demonstrators and police clashed in the streets.In this episode of U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial, you’re going to hear about an explosive week on the University of Minnesota campus, which occurred during an era of global tension, when the political felt intensely personal,
Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial!

One of the best things about researching and writing the U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast is discovering anew the fragments of history that have made Minnesota what it is today. We’ve delved into science, education, and the performing arts, among other topics, and have strived to focus on Minnesotan experiences and perspectives. Today you’re going to hear about an explosive week on the University of Minnesota campus, occurring during an era of global tension, when the political felt intensely personal, especially to students and other young people.

You can listen to the episode here in the browser and read the script below.

Episode 11: Eight Days in May
Hello, this is Hannah over at University Archives, and this is episode 11 of the U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast, “Eight Days in May.” Forty-five years ago this month, anti-war protests in and around the University of Minnesota boiled over as angry demonstrators and police clashed in the streets.

The audio we are going to hear on this program appeared on The Hour, a weekly program written and produced by students. This episode of The Hour aired directly after a week of protests on the U of M campus in the wake of President Nixon’s announcement on May 8th, 1972 that the United States would mine North Vietnamese ports, further escalating the conflict in Vietnam.

At first, those angered by President Nixon’s statement looked to Governor Wendell Andersen to enact measures in protest of the war’s escalation. Andersen did not do so, but was sympathetic, saying that the president’s decision was “some of the saddest news we’ve had in our lifetimes”. The first major protest began at a new housing development in Cedar-Riverside on May 9th. Two groups of demonstrators, one protesting the gentrification of the area as evidenced by the new high-rise, and the other an anti-war group, converged into a crowd of thousands. Some property damage occurred and several arrests, but this was only a prelude to the violence that would ensue the next day.

On Wednesday, the protests moved to Dinkytown, many heading to the armory, in protest of the ROTC having a presence on campus. Listeners can hear protesters chanting “USA out of Asia, Air Force out of Dinkytown” and “1-2-3-4 Vietnam’s a bosses war/ 5-6-7-8 nothing to negotiate”.

Police wearing gas masks walk through campus, attempting to disperse the crowds. University of Minnesota Archives Photograph Collection. Available at http://purl.umn.edu/71641

In what is the most unnerving segment of the broadcast, the host of the program and reporter on the ground, Larry Davenport, who graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications in 1973, witnesses the tense standoff between the police and the demonstrators, giving a minute-by-minute report of the escalation of violence between the two sides. Davenport starts out near the armory, where demonstrators have constructed a barricade. The police arrive, and it soon becomes apparent that they intend to use tear gas to clear the area. The demonstrators are either resisting, throwing eggs and other small projectiles, or they are attending to wounded students. As he is running from the tear gas, Davenport reports that some protesters are throwing the gas canisters back at the police. At one point, listeners can hear Davenport coughing from gas inhalation.

By midnight, the barricade still stood, and protesters and police had come to a standstill. In considerably more peaceful surroundings,]]>Mark Engebretson112:40An Englishman in Minneapolis: Sir Tyrone Guthriehttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/05/englishman-minneapolis-sir-tyrone-guthrie/
Fri, 12 May 2017 17:09:22 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=14170May 7 marked the anniversary of the Guthrie Theater’s first ever performance in 1963, a production of Hamlet starring George Grizzard and Jessica Tandy. In this episode of "U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial," we’ll hear Sir Tyrone Guthrie explain his vision of the future of American theater in his own words, followed by interviews with the Guthrie staff from ten years later.May 7 marked the anniversary of the Guthrie Theater’s first ever performance in 1963, a production of Hamlet starring George Grizzard and Jessica Tandy. In this episode of "U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial,
Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial!

May 7 marked the anniversary of the Guthrie Theater’s first ever performance in 1963, a production of Hamlet starring George Grizzard and Jessica Tandy.

Founder, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, was one of the most acclaimed theatrical directors of his time. Over breakfast, in March 1959, he and two colleagues, producer Oliver Rea and stage manager Peter Zeisler, resolved that they would create a new theater far from the exhausting commercial demands of Broadway. They knew that in order to make their vision have national relevance, and in the process alter the character of American theater, they had to be as far from New York City, both geographically and mentally, as they could get.

After determining that a Midwestern city would be ideal, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis were the decided frontrunners. In May 1960 Minneapolis was announced as the chosen home for their project, due in part to the enthusiastic cooperation of the University of Minnesota’s theater department. The decision was commemorated by a telegram that succinctly states, “Min definite”.

In today’s episode, we’ll hear Sir Tyrone Guthrie explain his vision of the future of American theater in his own words, followed by interviews with the Guthrie staff from ten years later.

You can listen to the episode here in the browser and read the script below.

Episode 10: An Englishman in Minneapolis
Hello! This is Hannah over in University Archives, and this U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial, episode 10: An Englishman in Minneapolis.

If you have ever been to a play at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, these trumpets are a familiar herald, as they signal the beginning of a performance at the 54-year-old Minneapolis institution. Conceived in 1959 by acclaimed British director Sir Tyrone Guthrie along with his colleagues Peter Zeisler and Oliver Rea, the Guthrie Theater was intended to address what its founders viewed as the creative stagnation they saw in New York City theater. Writers, actors, and designers flocked to Broadway, leading to a surplus of professionals in one place, and a shortage everywhere else in the country. Guthrie wanted to establish a theater somewhere it would have a chance to thrive, introducing audiences to the great dramatic classics he felt they had been deprived of for so long.

Guthrie viewed the United States as too young to have produced any “classics.” He anticipated an audience unused to professional theatre and the classics, essentially, a clean slate. He wanted to create an intellectually demanding audience by not serving them mass-derived “pap,” and teach people to cultivate good taste.

When building the theater that would bear his name, Guthrie insisted that it be a repertory theater, meaning the same actors would perform in different plays each season. In addition to building a strong ensemble who would carry the productions, he believed that repertory was better for the individual actors, as they would avoid being typecast. He also avoided casting the occasional big name, saying in the New York Times, “One of the most boring things about Broadway is knowing from the moment you read a name on the program precisely the performance you may expect."

Now we’ll jump forward 10 years to 1973, when KUOM produced Guthrie Greenroom, a program that gave listeners a thorough look behind the scenes through interviews with different members of...]]>Mark Engebretson110:52Science Lives: Women and minorities in the scienceshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/05/science-lives-women-minorities-sciences/
Mon, 01 May 2017 13:45:34 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=14019Science is at the forefront of this episode of U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial. In the late 1980s, there was a growing consensus that within 20 years, we would see a dearth of graduates in science-based fields, an issue that spurred the creation of today’s featured program, "Science Lives: Women and Minorities in the Sciences."Science is at the forefront of this episode of U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial. In the late 1980s, there was a growing consensus that within 20 years, we would see a dearth of graduates in science-based fields,
Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial! Science is at the forefront of our program for this podcast. We interact with scientific innovation every day, and the term STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is likely one you’ve been hearing for a while. In the late 1980s, there was a growing consensus that within 20 years, we would see a dearth of graduates in science-based fields, an issue that spurred the creation of today’s featured program, Science Lives: Women and Minorities in the Sciences.

You can listen to the episode here in the browser and read the script below.

Episode 09: Science Lives
Hello! This is Hannah at University Archives. In this episode, I wanted to highlight one of the KUOM collection’s most contemporary programs, Science Lives: Women and Minorities in the Sciences.

In the late 1980s, research pointed towards a significant drop in students seeking Bachelor’s degrees in the sciences, with one estimate stating that by the year 2000, the United States would be facing a shortage of 430,000 degreed students in those fields.

In 1989, spurred on by faculty in the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences and Institute of Technology, KUOM Program Developer Marion Watson wrote an extensive grant seeking funding for a program that would address this deficit of scientists, and offer a solution: specifically appeal to and aid minorities and women in the sciences, who had historically been underrepresented. The grant states, "If changes do not occur and the nation experiences a significant drop in its pool of scientists, then not only will the fields of science be adversely affected, but so will the myriad issues before the nation -- AIDS, energy, national security...which have a scientific base." This point is expanded on in the first episode of Science Lives.

Brochure advertising Science Lives: Women and Minorities in the Sciences, encouraging schools to order the cassette package, undated.

Brochure advertising Science Lives: Women and Minorities in the Sciences, detailing the contents of each program, undated.

It was clear that educational institutions needed to reach a more diverse base of students in their earliest years. Science education was not yet given the spotlight it has today, and, as you will hear, some educators failed to spark any curiosity towards science, or they underestimated their students. The interviewees in the first episode explain from their own experiences how early education has a huge impact on future scientists, and how a student’s individual circumstances affect the kind of education they receive. In the following clips, one interviewee explains the challenges facing the children of migrant families, and how his perception of himself as a scientist changed once he gained access to a laboratory.

Dwight Gourneau, an IBM engineer who grew up on a Chippewa reservation in North Dakota explains that despite the lack of encouragement Native American students can receive, he relied on his heritage of scientific achievements to drive himself forward.

One of the main goals of Science Lives was to provide nascent scientists still in the early stages of schooling with role models, who could both provide a successful example and take on the hard work of blazing a trail for future generations.The women interviewed next point out that while it is crucial to be competitive and ambitious in one’s work, female and minority students are often tasked with proving themselves to a greater degree than their counterpa...]]>Mark Engebretson112:50Down the Conservation Trailhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/04/down-the-conservation-trail/
Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:47:27 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=13881It’s starting to feel like spring, or what this Minnesota transplant refers to as “outside time.” With so much natural recreation to offer, it’s no surprise that Minnesota has a strong culture of conservation that goes back decades. Earth Day isn’t until April 22, but on this week’s program, Down the Conservation Trail, we’re getting a head start.It’s starting to feel like spring, or what this Minnesota transplant refers to as “outside time.” With so much natural recreation to offer, it’s no surprise that Minnesota has a strong culture of conservation that goes back decades.
Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial!

It’s starting to feel like spring, or what this Minnesota transplant refers to as “outside time.” With so much natural recreation to offer, it’s no surprise that Minnesota has a strong culture of conservation that goes back decades. Earth Day isn’t until April 22, but on this week’s program, Down the Conservation Trail, we’re getting a head start.

You can listen to the episode here in the browser and read the script below.

Episode 08: Down the Conservation Trail
You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast and this is episode 8: Down the Conservation Trail.

Hello! This is Hannah, from University Archives. Today’s featured program will take us into Minnesota’s famous outdoors, from Sandy Lake to the Boundary Waters. We’ll be listening to one of the Minnesota School of the Air’s longest running programs, Following Conservation Trails.

Following Conservation Trails ran from 1947 to 1968 and addressed issues related to conservation, the environment, and natural resources. The episodes presented classroom friendly material through a set formula, consisting of an overview of the topic, a dramatization, and a discussion of what preservation efforts could be made in and out of school. The radio-plays often featured a similar cast of characters: a younger girl and boy, an older family member, and Nat Hammond, naturalist and wilderness guide extraordinaire. The topics focused on in the episodes included wildlife management, forest and grass fires, watersheds, soil erosion, habitats, and other ecologically-minded lessons. Other notable episodes highlighted Minnesota’s major parks, such as Itasca State Park, Voyageurs National Park, and Fort Snelling State Park. There was also an emphasis on the role humanity has as the stewards of the natural world, and the importance of conservation for future generations.

The cover of the 1951-1952 Following Conservation Trails Teachers’ Manual.

Episodes were 12 to 15 minutes in length and taught quick lessons that would supplement a school’s science curriculum. Every year, a teacher’s manual was produced to reinforce the educational information and provide activities and discussion around the topics. This first clip comes from the 1967 episode, A Living Chain, in which the younger character gives a clear, textbook definition of ecology, and the guide character explains animal behavioral patterns, how they evolved over time, and how they fit into the natural order. You can imagine teachers telling their students that, “yes, this will be on the test.”

The next clip is from a 1962 episode called Down to the Sea, which taught listeners about soil erosion caused by water run-off. Recurring characters Martha and Gramps receive a letter from their ranger friend Nat Hammond about the success the Muskegon Valley has had with controlling erosion and runoff, and Gramps comments that it’s about time everyone starts addressing the problem of water supply. Later, the two relax near a river with Martha’s brother Jim, who recounts what he’s learned about the disappearance of valuable top soil due to excessive water runoff.

More than one episode was dedicated to the natural wonders found along the Gunflint Trail up to the Quetico-Superior wilderness, also referred to as the Boundary Waters, and the history of the fur-trading Voyageurs. These episodes seem designed to inspire strong feelings over the preservation of these historically and ecologically relevant areas, and the importance of keeping them unpolluted for future generations. In this clip, Martha, Jim, and Gramps, along with the ever-present Nat Hammond go on a camping trip in “Minnesota Canoe Country.]]>Mark Engebretson110:04Women’s rights in ’71https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/03/womens-rights-71/
Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:44:01 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=13731Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial! The podcast has returned in time for Women’s History Month. The KUOM archive is full of interviews, lectures, and stories featuring dynamic, history-making women. Today, we will focus on a program featuring Minnesota Legislature Representative Helen McMillan, on the state of women’s rights in 1971.Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial! The podcast has returned in time for Women’s History Month. The KUOM archive is full of interviews, lectures, and stories featuring dynamic, history-making women. Today,
Welcome back to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial! The podcast has returned in time for Women’s History Month. The KUOM archive is full of interviews, lectures, and stories featuring dynamic, history-making women. Today, we will focus on a program featuring Minnesota Legislature Representative Helen McMillan, on the state of women’s rights in 1971.

You can listen to the episode here in the browser and read the script below.

Episode 7: Women’s Rights in ‘71
You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast and this is episode 7: Women’s Rights in ‘71.

Hello! This is Hannah, taking over from Karen as the KUOM project archivist at the University of Minnesota Archives.

March is Women’s History Month, and today we’re going to listen in on a discussion on women’s rights from nearly 50 years ago. In 1971, Helen McMillan, who attended, but did not graduate from, the University of Minnesota, was the only woman sitting in the Minnesota State Legislature, serving as a representative from 1963 to 1974. She was a guest on the show featured in today’s podcast, Legislature ‘71, which was a weekly discussion program focused on the “problems and possibilities facing the 1971 Minnesota Legislature.” Other topics covered by the program included human rights, Indian Affairs, transportation, housing, and environmental issues. On the show today, we will first hear Rep. McMillan discuss her singular status with Senator Rollin Glewwe and Diana Murphy of the League of Women Voters.

The moderator notes that the program is for the first and probably only time balanced between the sexes, citing McMillan’s position as the sole female legislator. McMillan responds that she can’t figure out why the numbers are so low, pointing out that women have served in the legislature since the passage of the Suffrage Amendment in 1919. She states that what is harder to understand is why fewer women run, as there is nothing that can legally stop them. She speculates that women have higher standards and assume they need to be more qualified than most men are before they can run. Senator Glewwe adds that he believes women don’t run because their husbands won’t let them, noting that his own career has caused his family life to suffer and it the family would likely suffer more from a wife and mother’s absence.

Next, the panelists discuss the expansion of an anti-discrimination law, most likely the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which passed in 1973, and protected women from discrimination in employment, housing, public services and several other areas.

Also passed after the recording of this program, was the Equal Rights Amendment, a piece of legislation intended to constitutionally guarantee equal rights regardless of gender. A controversial bill since its’ inception, some argued that the amendment would actually hurt women as it could potentially erase legislation specifically designed to help them.

The Equal Rights Amendment was ratified in Minnesota in 1973, and Rep. McMillan was quoted as saying she felt that “the battle is finally won.”* Ultimately, though, the amendment was three states short of the 38 necessary to ratify a federal amendment.

The episode continues with examples of the ways women can be professionally short-changed, from not receiving equal pay to not being promoted as frequently or as highly as men with comparable experience. Regarding a question on whether or not there is legislation to prevent this, Senator Glewwe points out that legislators can pass laws,...]]>Mark Engebretson114:28UMN Women’s History Monthhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/03/umn-womens-history-month/
Fri, 03 Mar 2017 21:45:58 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=13580
Women's Intramural Sports, 1931
The University of Minnesota Archives is celebrating Women's History Month with a series of social media posts on Twitter.
The University of Minnesota has been shaped by the contributions and vision of all the women who have studied or worked here, and this month gives us a chance to recognize a handful out of the many. These posts highlight our alumna, faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as the organizations and activities led by women, who have made their mark on the University, the State of Minnesota, and the global community. The University's history is women's history.
Please follow us on Twitter to see new posts throughout the month, or follow the hashtag #WomensHistoryMonth.
To see a complete list of people and groups highlighted, see UMN Women's History Month on Storify.
Visit us online to learn more about the University of Minnesota Archives.Hedley Donovan, alumnus, journalisthttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/02/hedley-donovan-alumnus-journalist/
Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:30:46 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=13477Hedley Donovan is the subject of this installment of "From the Archivist." Donovan, University of Minnesota alumnus, '34, was a prominent and successful journalist. While attending the University, Donovan was editorial chairman of the student newspaper, the Minnesota Daily. His journalism career spanned four decades, beginning as a reporter with the Washington Post and ending as Editor-in-Chief for Time Inc., where he oversaw Time, Fortune, Money, Life, Sports Illustrated, and People magazines.Never too old for storytimehttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2017/01/never-old-storytime/
Fri, 06 Jan 2017 17:28:35 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=12853To start the new year, this month we are focusing on the Minnesota School of the Air programming. Our episode today — from from Old Tales and New — achieved a national award for Education by Radio and for its timeless lesson. Betty T. Girling wrote the stories as well as a few adaptations heard on this program for approximately 38 of the 41 years this program aired, 1938 until 1979. This particular episodeTo start the new year, this month we are focusing on the Minnesota School of the Air programming. Our episode today — from from Old Tales and New — achieved a national award for Education by Radio and for its timeless lesson. Betty T.
To start the new year, this month we are focusing on the Minnesota School of the Air programming. Our episode today is from Old Tales and New, one of the first and longest running programs of the Minnesota School of the Air.

Betty T. Girling wrote the stories as well as a few adaptations heard on this program for approximately 38 of the 41 years this program aired, 1938 until 1979. This particular episode was chosen for the podcast as it achieved a national award for Education by Radio and for its timeless lesson. You can listen to the episode in the browser here and read the script below.

Episode 6: Never Too Old for Storytime or a Good Lesson
You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast and this is episode 6 - Never Too Old for Storytime or a Good Lesson

Hello! Karen here at the University of Minnesota Archives and for this episode we are going to imagine ourselves children again...in the classroom...seated around the radio...maybe on a brightly colored rug… all ready for Old Tales and New.

We are introduced to the story of “The Dragon with the Sweet Tooth” with dramatic music and a narrator who tells us about the village of Pebble with villagers whose only fear is of a dragon who they had never seen. The dragon lives in the dark forest on top of the rocky hill overlooking the village. He is adored by all the forest animals who live around him and he loves to eat. One day he smells something wonderful and is determined to seek it out despite warnings from his friends to never go to the village. He feels the villagers can’t be dangerous or mean to him since they don’t even know him.

The narrator introduces himself as Mr. Fudge, the owner of the only candy shop in Pebble. The dragon makes his way down to the village and into the shop where the children run away screaming and we find out it was peppermint that he had smelled. He produces a pink smoke while he eats the peppermint and the shop owner is delighted by the dragon’s enjoyment of his candy.

The dragon loves the peppermint and the candy shop so much he stays. Mr. Fudge teaches him how to make all the various candies and names him Dunwoody, after the brand of peppermint flavoring. However, the villagers remain scared of the dragon, avoiding the shop completely, and Mr. Fudge tries to convince them not to be.
“I’d go to them and explain that Dunwoody was a kindly, gentle dragon, a great help to me and wanted only to be liked and eat peppermint sticks. Nobody believed me. They said, “all dragons were alike and all of them were terrible[...]”
In the end, it is Dunwoody’s kindness and hard work that gets all the customers back and convinces them that dragons are not all terrible.
“You see they’d come to know him so they couldn’t be afraid of my friend, the gentle dragon, the dragon with the sweet tooth.”
“The Dragon with the Sweet Tooth” was just one of the many stories written by Betty Girling for the program Old Tales and New. It was one of the most popular shows in the Minnesota School of the Air programming.* We could dedicate many episodes to Girling and her achievements over the course of her 34-year career as director of the Minnesota School of the Air, but instead, I will recommend a search on our website for the Betty T. Girling Papers.

This program as you may have guessed, was geared towards elementary school-aged children, but storytime had a much bigger message and lesson for everyone. When first broadcast in 1962,]]>Erik Moore110:14Looking ahead to the 1980s: Minnesota Issueshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/12/looking-ahead-1980s-minnesota-issues/
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:27:26 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=12631In this episode of "U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial," we feature an episode from 1979 of the discussion program, Minnesota Issues. The host for the show, Arthur Naftalin, introduces the pessimistic atmosphere of the country but finds that the younger generation still has hope looking ahead to the 1980s.In this episode of "U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial," we feature an episode from 1979 of the discussion program, Minnesota Issues. The host for the show, Arthur Naftalin, introduces the pessimistic atmosphere of the country but finds that the younge...
Our episode today will be the last for 2016, and the podcast will return mid-January. Thank you for tuning in every other week for our attempt to bring you this sampling of the variety of history and programming produced by the campus radio stations for the U and the greater Minnesota area.

When selecting digitized audio from the myriad of topics and programs in the collections here at University Archives, it can be a struggle (although, a delightful one) to choose one episode over another. Today we are featuring an episode from 1979 of the discussion program, Minnesota Issues. The host for the show, Arthur Naftalin, introduces the pessimistic atmosphere of the country but finds that the younger generation still has hope looking ahead to the 1980s.

Hear how his guests, Humphrey School graduate students, remain cautiously optimistic and strong willed in fighting for a difference despite the turmoils of the 1960s and 70s and the lack of leadership they see in the upcoming election. This episode was chosen as a message of hope to end this year and bring in the new with sincere wishes that, as stated by one of the program’s guests, “the enthusiasm and the energy of the human spirit can break through.”

You can listen to the episode here in the browser and read the script below.

Episode 5: Looking ahead to the 1980s

You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast and this is episode 5: Looking ahead to the 1980s

Hello! Karen here, project archivist at the University of Minnesota Archives, today we are tuning into the program Minnesota Issues with an episode that aired December of 1979.

Arthur Naftalin, 1969. University Archives.

The program was hosted by Arthur Naftalin on the University Television Hour and rebroadcast over KUOM from 1976 through 1988. At the time, Naftalin was a Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, but he had held other instructional and staff positions before at the University, including editor of the Minnesota Daily. He also worked closely with Hubert H. Humphrey on merging the democratic and farmer-labor parties in the 1940s and had various political positions in the 1950s and 1960s, including being the Mayor of Minneapolis from 1961 through 1969, before returning to the University of Minnesota.

Arthur Naftalin teaching in the Department of Political Science, 1952. University Archives.

On this episode he has invited graduate students from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, now the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, to discuss the future as they see it entering the new decade. I think you’ll find some of their statements and feelings of hesitation and hope can still ring true more than 30 years later. Naftalin, or Art, as he is often referred to on the show, introduces a pessimism and atmosphere of despair in the country, yet his students surprisingly remain fairly optimistic. In the next clips Elizabeth describes how important optimism is and fellow student, Tom, adds that although optimistic he is cautious and explains how given the events of the turbulent past decade it has shaped a different way of thinking for his generation.

Inside cover of "Minnesota: the Magazine of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association," June 1979. University Archives. 600 protesters rally against the "new draft," the proposed registration for the Selective Service System.]]>Mark Engebretson113:47Japanese Americans and ‘The World We Want’https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/12/japanese-americans-world-want/
Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:08:05 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=12467Wednesday marks 75 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii — an event familiar to anyone who has had a U.S. History class. But today our podcast focuses on the events on the homefront following the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Specifically, we will listen in on a discussion from 1946 on the discriminatory removal and, then, resettlement of persons of Japanese ancestry with Frank M. Rarig, Lauren Stiefel, and Reverend Daisuke Kitagawa.Wednesday marks 75 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii — an event familiar to anyone who has had a U.S. History class. But today our podcast focuses on the events on the homefront following the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Specifically,
Wednesday marks 75 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii which led to a declaration of war by the United States against Japan, Germany, and Italy and the country’s official entry into World War II.

These events are familiar to anyone who has had a class on United States History, but today our podcast focuses on the events on the homefront following the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Specifically we will listen in on a discussion from 1946 on the discriminatory removal and, then, resettlement of persons of Japanese ancestry with Frank M. Rarig, Lauren Stiefel, and Reverend Daisuke Kitagawa. You can listen to the episode in the browser here and read the script below.

Episode 4: Pearl Harbor and Japanese Americans

You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast and this is episode 4: Pearl Harbor and Japanese Americans

Hello! Karen here at the University of Minnesota Archives. In recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on December 7th and the 75th anniversary of the U.S. entering WWII, I chose an episode from the program The World We Want. This program ran from January of 1943 through at least July of 1946. The program was sponsored by the Key Center of War Information and the University of Minnesota’s Department of Speech, broadcast weekly over the radio station WLB, the previous call letters of KUOM.

Key Center of War Information staff. The Minnesota Alumni Weekly: Special War Activities Issue, May 2, 1942. University Archives.

Our episode today is from Special Bulletin No. 145 : Post-War Resettlement of Persons of Japanese Ancestry which aired February of 1946, five months after World War II was declared over. The show begins with a description of the events following the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Frank Rarig, professor of Speech at the University of Minnesota.

Guests for this discussion included Lauren Stiefel of the Minneapolis College Women’s Club, and Reverend Daisuke Kitagawa, or “Dai,” director of the United Ministry of Japanese Americans in the Twin Cities area. Rarig asks Stiefel to describe the political and personal interest behind the forced removal efforts,which included economic competition and general resentment. Skipping ahead a bit in the episode, the three of them talk about how this action, this incarceration of a large population that included many legal residents and American citizens, was not similarly applied to other Axis power ancestries such as the Germans and Italians living in the United States. Close to 70% of the persons of Japanese ancestry forcibly removed were American citizens.*

Next, we’ll hear about the mixed interest and disapproval of military service provided by Japanese Americans, by their community and others. As well as how secrecy in military interest for certain dangerous missions done by Japanese Americans did not allow for recognition of their participation in the war effort.

This discussion makes it fairly clear how tense the atmosphere truly was. Kitagawa discusses how much pressure there was in not just the incarceration or military service, but in simply staying or leaving the United States. During the war many Japanese Americans had been deported or coerced to give up dual citizenship by family pressures to remain loyal to Japan or simply to avoid military service.The War Relocation Authority camps had been ordered to be closed in January of 1945, but closed fairly slowly as the resettlement of Japanese Americans included just as must discriminat...]]>Erik Moore115:20Native American Heritage Month: The Sioux Treatyhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/11/native-american-heritage-month-sioux-treaty/
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:13:28 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=12335University Archives continues the theme of Native American Heritage on our podcast this week, wrapping up November with a bit of documentary from 67 years ago. This KUOM-produced program "Tales of Minnesota" covered the Sioux Treaty of 1851 and the frustrations that lead to the Dakota War, or the Sioux Uprising, of 1862.University Archives continues the theme of Native American Heritage on our podcast this week, wrapping up November with a bit of documentary from 67 years ago. This KUOM-produced program "Tales of Minnesota" covered the Sioux Treaty of 1851 and the fru...
University Archives continues the theme of Native American Heritage on our podcast this week, wrapping up November with a bit of documentary from 67 years ago.

In honor of the Minnesota Territorial Centennial, KUOM produced the program Tales of Minnesota which covered various topics of Minnesota history, including the Sioux Treaty of 1851. The particular episode we’ve chosen to highlight narrates and reenacts an interpretation of the events around the signing of the Treaty and the frustrations that lead to the Dakota War, or the Sioux Uprising, of 1862.

The program also included a contemporary component with a documentary unit of KUOM traveling around the state to complete interviews related to the historical topics. The second half of our podcast episode is dedicated to their visit with the Mdewakanton community in Morton, Minnesota. You can listen to the episode in the browser here and read the script below.

You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast and this is episode 3: Native American Heritage with the Sioux Treaty.

Hello! Karen here at University of Minnesota Archives and today we are continuing our theme around Native American Heritage Month with an episode of the Tales of Minnesota. This program was in celebration of Minnesota’s territorial celebration. In fact, it was broadcast in 1949, the Territorial Centennial, but the announcer says a century and half of history because the program includes stories of explorers and pioneers that came before. Tales of Minnesota in total was 13 episodes on a variety of Minnesota history topics from Flour Milling to the Hinckley Fire of 1894 to Scandinavian Immigration and more. Today we focus on the Sioux Treaty. The narrator begins by describing the atmosphere leading up to the treaty.

The format of the program was a mix of narrated historical documentary with reenactments by the University Radio Guild followed by contemporary interviews or discussions. In the interest of keeping our podcast episodes more concise and the availability of these full half-hour episodes online soon, I wanted to focus more on highlighting the contemporary interviews at the end of this program. However, I would be remiss to not include at least a glimpse of the reenactments done by the Radio Guild and to discuss the stereotypes used within the dramatization. These segments present a startling disconnect between the Guild's racial caricature of Native American speech and the program's overall interest in highlighting historical mistreatment, reparation attempts, and the contemporary culture's progress. Here we will listen to the Guild’s interpretation of Little Crow, followed by their reenactment of Red Iron speaking to the Native American tribes after the presentation of the treaty.

The narration and reenactments continue with the signing of the treaty as well as a second paper, known as the Traders' Paper, not translated or discussed at the meeting which held the Native Americans to a large debt created by only few individuals of the tribes for over 200,000 dollars owed to a few traders. The years that followed included selling more of their already small reservation land and remaining deep in debt. On top of that, a string of harsh winters did not provide good farming crops and purchasing provisions from settlers led to more debt.

11:47Native American Heritage: Ada Deerhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/11/native-american-heritage-ada-deer/
Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:19:44 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=12165November is Native American Heritage Month so for our second episode of the new podcast, U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial, we have selected an interview from the 1970s with Ada Deer, American Indian and Civil Rights Activist.November is Native American Heritage Month so for our second episode of the new podcast, U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial, we have selected an interview from the 1970s with Ada Deer, American Indian and Civil Rights Activist.
November is Native American Heritage Month so for our second episode of the new podcast, U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial, we have selected an interview from the 1970s with Ada Deer, American Indian and Civil Rights Activist.

You can listen to the episode in the browser here and read the script below.

Episode 2: Native American Heritage with Ada Deer
You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast and this is episode 2: Native American Heritage with Ada Deer.

If you missed our first podcast, it’s worth a listen. I explain the project and what this podcast hopes to bring to the listeners. In short, we are exploring radio from the 1940s through the 1980s with newly digitized recordings from the University of Minnesota Archives.

So Hello! I’m Karen, the project archivist here at University of Minnesota Archives and as this month is Native American Heritage Month we’ve selected a few clips to honor that. Today we’ll specifically focus on Ada Deer. Deer was the first member of the Menominee Tribe to receive a master's degree in 1961 and for her many achievements as an American Indian and Civil Rights Activist she was a National Women's History Month honoree in 2000.

We have an interview with Deer from 1972. The labeling on the tape tells us the recording is related to an episode of the People Worth Hearing About which, as mentioned in our first podcast, was a program highlighting the great achievements of women and minorities in America.

So let’s tune in to her describing Menominee County and what growing up was like.

Deer is passionate about fixing the living conditions and social problems of American Indian life in great part through efforts in education, including the programs of PRIDE and Upward Bound, and through the support and encouragement of Native American youth.

This passion for American Indian youth and activism seems to stem greatly from her experiences, struggles, and realizations. She mentions the programs and people that encouraged her on her own journey and how she hopes to give back to American Indian youth.

The end of the recording then dives into Deer’s hopes and goals for the future. Specifically, she wants to see the American Indian community to have “basic human needs” fulfilled as well as the ability for the community’s own leaders to solve issues with dignity.

Thanks for tuning in! Next time we’ll continue our theme of Native American Heritage with an episode of Tales of Minnesota on the Sioux Treaty.

The U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial Podcast is produced every other week for your enjoyment. Subscribe or download on iTunes so you don’t miss another moment of historic Minnesota radio.

]]>Mark Engebretson112:03Introducing U of M Radio On Your Historic Dialhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/10/u-m-radio-historic-dial/
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:08:50 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=11901Today University of Minnesota Archives is launching "U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial,"a podcast that features historic recordings from KUOM and WMMR — the original professional and student-run radio stations at the University of Minnesota. The podcast is also available on iTunes and Google Play.Today University of Minnesota Archives is launching "U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial,"a podcast that features historic recordings from KUOM and WMMR — the original professional and student-run radio stations at the University of Minnesota.
As mentioned in a previous post "Reel to Reel," University Archives received grant funding to digitize 2,000+ tapes of recorded audio held in our collections. These past couple months have been busy hiring a Project Archivist (That’s me!), selecting tapes for digitization, shipping them to the outside vendor, and now we are in stages of receiving the digital files and preparing them for online access!

Launching U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial
Today we are launching our U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial podcast based on the new materials. It will be posted biweekly here on the From the Archivist blog and is available on iTunes and Google Play. Below you will find the first episode, you can listen in the browser here and read the script below.

Episode 1: Intro to the Collection

You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial Podcast and this is episode 1: Intro to the Collection. I’m the project archivist, Karen, here at University Archives and today we’re getting our feet wet by answering a couple questions.

Maybe you’re wondering what is University of Minnesota Radio?

This podcast and this project are not produced by the current campus station, Radio K, although it is their predecessors that we will be talking about, KUOM and WMMR. KUOM, previously under the call letters WLB, was the professional radio station on campus. The University actually received the first radio broadcasting license in the state of Minnesota in 1922, with experiments in broadcasts by F.W. Springer as early as 1912. The station continued their operations until 1993 when they merged with WMMR, which had been the student run campus radio station since the late 40s. They became the station heard on campus today, Radio K, which still broadcasts on the same frequency and under the call letters of KUOM.We also have some recordings in our collection from University Media Resources and Visual Education, which produced University courses over the radio and rebroadcast speeches and commencements across the state.

On to our second question, what is this project?

The project I am working on received funding to get at least 2,000 of our 11,000+ reel-to-reel tape collection digitized which will mean greater access and preservation of the recordings from these organizations of U of M radio. It will mean access because in the near future anyone with internet connection can listen to these tapes and in listening we’ll have a better idea of what is actually on them. As much as we can hope, the archives world knows labels don’t always tell the truth or maybe not the whole truth. In our first batch of digital files I’ve already discovered programs we didn’t know we had because they were recorded on the second half of a tape without being noted on their cases. This project is also a great step towards preserving these historic documents because the unfortunate truth is physical materials deteriorate for many reasons. We do keep our audiovisual collections in cold storage which prevents, or at least slows down, much of this, but with digital technologies we can have copies that don’t require outdated equipment or ha...]]>Mark Engebretson19:4120 years of web historyhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/10/20-years-web-history/
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:15:56 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=11846This month, the University Archives reaches a milestone — our collection now includes 20 years of University of Minnesota websites. Those 20 years chronicle an irreplaceable source of the University’s history, as much as they contain the evidence of the web’s swift evolution in style.Memorial Stadium rememberedhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/08/memorial-stadium-remembered/
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 20:18:57 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=10989As the Golden Gophers prepare for their 2016 opening football game on September 1, the University Archives shares historical documents and images from Memorial Stadium, the former home of Gopher football from 1924 through 1981.Summer of 1946https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/08/summer-of-1946/
Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:57:20 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=10828Seventy years ago, in the summer of 1946, an epidemic of poliomyelitis was inflicted upon Minneapolis and other cities throughout Minnesota. To reduce the spread of disease, Minneapolis officials asked that children be refused to enter theaters, parks, beaches, and other crowded places. In cooperation with local educators, the University of Minnesota's KUOM radios station, changed its schedule and created an improvised series of programs aimed to attract the attention of homebound youth.From Minnesota to Marshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/07/from-minnesota-to-mars/
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:53:39 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=10611Forty years ago on July 20, 1976, the Viking 1 probe landed on the surface of Mars bringing a little bit of Minnesota to the red planet. Two University of Minnesota faculty members contributed to the design and mission planning for NASA's Viking Project, Helmut Heinrich and Alfred O.C. Nier.Reel to Reelhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/06/reel-to-reel/
Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:19:25 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=10413More than 11,000 reels of recorded audio are now preserved at the University Archives. These reels contain recordings of University speeches, ceremonies, and conference proceedings given from the 1940s to the 1990s. The reels also contain the recorded broadcasts of WLB/KUOM, the predecessor of University radio station RadioK.Preserving your hearthttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/02/preserving-your-heart/
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:49:24 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=9423February is American Heart Month, which brings awareness to heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. The University of Minnesota has a long history of researching, diagnosing, and treating diseases of the heart. In the promotion of heart health, let’s take a look back at a few moments in the University’s heart history…Minnesota Seaside Stationhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/02/minnesota-seaside-station/
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:51:29 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=9048The University of Minnesota Archives recently completed a year-long project to digitize the records of the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey, including records and photographs of the Seaside Station. Now, others are connecting their own histories and experiences with the University of Minnesota.Radio history at the U of Mhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/01/radio-history/
Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:15:52 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=8701On January 13, 1922, the University of Minnesota was granted a full license to broadcast under the call letters WLB - known today as Radio K. Radio K (KUOM) holds the distinction of being the 10th oldest continuously operating radio station in the country, in addition to being the first station to broadcast in the state of Minnesota.The Gopher Yearbookhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2015/12/the-gopher-yearbook/
Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:58:40 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=8443For 80 years the University of Minnesota junior class published an annual yearbook simply titled, the Gopher. The tradition of an annual yearbook began in 1888 and continued through 1967. Each Gopher yearbook has a unique style and flourish of its own. View a few of the interesting pages from the volumes below, and then find more on your own!Cycling through historyhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2015/11/cycling-through-history/
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:58:24 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=8286Earlier this month, the League of American Bicyclists recognized the University of Minnesota with a Platinum Bicycle Friendly University award. The popularity of bicycles at the University of Minnesota is of no surprise to visitors on campus, today or in the past. Check out these historical photos of students and bicycles on campus at the University of Minnesota.75 years of Coffman Unionhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2015/11/75-years-of-coffman-union/
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:37:07 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=8104Seventy-five years ago this fall, Coffman Memorial Union opened to the campus community and public. It cost nearly $2 million and was named after President Lotus Coffman.Look back on the Washington Ave Bridgehttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2015/10/look-back-on-the-washington-ave-bridge/
Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:00:59 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=7802Fifty years ago this month the new Washington Avenue Bridge opened to connect the main campus and the then newly established West Bank campus. The bridge opened to pedestrian traffic on its upper deck on September 27, 1965 and automobile traffic began on October 4.Nachtrieb’s Nuanceshttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2015/09/nachtriebs-nuances/
Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:24:30 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=7350Leave it to an archivist to notice an unexplained detail in the current Andersen Library exhibit, Exploring Minnesota’s Natural History, curated by University Archives. At an exhibit event in July a colleague inquired of the co-curators, “Is there a reason why the words in the Henry Nachtrieb letter are spelled in such an interesting way?”Tricks & Treats: The Halloween Blackout of 1957 & The Transistorized Pacemakerhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2014/10/tricks-treats-the-halloween-blackout-of-1957-the-transistorized-pacemaker/
Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:11:36 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=4241The University Archives is the repository of the C. Walton Lillehei papers, a collection of materials that document Lillehei’s entire professional career as a cardiac surgeon. The Open Heart Project, a six-month effort to identify and make materials in this unprocessed collection accessible to the public for research, has uncovered primary sources that question the often repeated narrative of the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker.Exploring Minnesota’s Natural Historyhttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2014/09/exploring-minnesotas-natural-history-2/
Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:48:57 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=3838University Archives recently completed scanning thousands of images of unique botanical, zoological, and geological materials that document Minnesota’s natural history. The materials – which relate to the establishment of the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey in 1872 – include photographs of birds, moose, landscapes, wildflowers, and more. The scanned images are now available to the public on the University Libraries UMedia website.Celebrating Norman E. Borlaughttps://www.continuum.umn.edu/2014/03/2413/
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:14:05 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=2413March 25 would have been Norman E. Borlaug's 100th birthday. The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and University of Minnesota alumnus (B.S. ‘37, M.S. ‘39, Ph.D. ‘42), is called the father of the Green Revolution. His personal papers are housed in University of Minnesota Archives in the Elmer L. Andersen Library.Happy 85th Anniversary, University Archives!https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2013/02/happy-85th-anniversary-university-archives/
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:00:43 +0000https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/?p=3043William Watts Folwell, undated, available at http://purl.umn.edu/81754.
On January 6, 1928, former President William Watts Folwell appeared before the Board of Regents and shared a piece of correspondence he had written to then President Lotus Coffman dated December 31, 1927.
Folwell wrote:
I beg leave to suggest for your consideration the establishment of University Archives. I have lately had occasion to turn over early minutes of the Board of Regents, and have noted mention of reports and other documents "placed on file" but have not discovered any office or place of filing. Some of them may have been utterly lost.
I do not need to impress on you the importance of collecting documents which have gone into history and all publications in all branches of the University... so that they may be found as easily as books in the library.
Dr. Folwell then submitted the following resolution:
That archives of the University are hereby established in the general library to be conducted according to the best practice, and that the librarian of the University is designated as archivist.
The Board of Regents unanimously approved the resolution.
Today, the University of Minnesota Archives continues to preserve the "historically valuable documentation of University units and individuals, including faculty, staff, and administrators" according to our mandated mission in Board of Regents' policy.
The University Archives holds over 1,500 unique collections of administrative records, University publications, and faculty papers totaling nearly 18,000 linear feet of material. In 2012 University Archives staff recorded nearly 500 daily visits and responded to over 2,500 email and telephone inquiries.
In addition, the University Archives preserves and makes available the digital scholarly and institutional content created at the University that would have traditionally have come to the archives in paper format via the University Digital Conservancy. The nearly 30,000 and growing digital files have been downloaded over 2 million times.
This capacity would certainly exceed Folwell's desire to make the archival material as easily findable "as books in a library."
—Erik Moore is the University Archivist and Co-Director of the University Digital Conservancy. To learn more about the University of Minnesota Archives, please visit www.lib.umn.edu/uarchives.